Korean Students' Perception of the Curriculum for Creativity and Personal Character

Abstract

For the students to live in the rapidly changing world and be a member of this global village in the 21st century, three competences purported by the Korea Education and Research Information Service(KERIS) are developing basic skills, building an upright personal character and career enhancement. Major core contents of the 2009 revised curriculum are creativity and personal character education. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the students perceive the creativity and personal character education conducted in the revised 2009 curriculum. The survey regarding the creativity and personal character education was carried out to find the effect of the creativity and personal character education from the students' point of view. 4,141 students participated in the survey, and the participants completed the survey online.